Happy To Die For You: The Immortal

AN: SOrry I haven't updated but I've been busy looking into Faith's past trying to find out some stuff...I found some great information from this book I bought and well it will hopefully help me out with this because like the summarry says it's a blast from the past. If you wanna do your own finding out it's a a book called A Slayer's Diary. Okay here we go again.






Entering the smelly gym,Buffy examined the familiar room,not sure whether she wanted to puke and run or stay and blow it up again. She was looking for Riely,she wanted to see him,yes,but she also wanted to know why he was back after being gone for so long,and why did he know Kristin. Spotting him in a corner giving out instructions,she carried herself to him.

"Riely," she tapped his broad shoulder. Riely turned,his face lighting up with the sight of her.

"Buffy!"he embraced her,"hey!"

"Hey Riely. Long time,you're looking good."

"Yeah you too. So Buffy Summers,heh. Wow.' He smiles,having it returned.

"I know. So Riely,what brings you back to SunnyDale? Last time I heard you were in the jungle." she started leading them towards the bleachers and away from the prying ears of curious stundents who were eating her up with their eyes and burning holes in Riely,or at least trying to anyways.

Riely chuckles,but it doesn't meet his eyes,they're sharp,on guard. "I heard there's a big bad here,that and...I wanted to see you. I miss you Buffy."

Buffy scooted away from him,sitting on one of the cold dirty hunks of metal some people called seats. "I haven't heard anything about a big bad here," she says absently,trying to steer away from the other part of the conversation.

"Do you work here Buffy?" Riely asks,taking the bait for now.

"No actually,...I came to see you,I heard you whacked my daughter with a door yesterday."

Riely blushes,rubbing the back of his neck with a sheepish goofy grin,"Oh yeah...heh heh. Krisitn,poor kid,I didn't even-WAIT!"
his eyes widen,"did you say your daughter?"

"I'm pretty sure I did."

"But-but-but I thought she said F-Faith was her mother?"

Buffy stands,feeling very uncomfortable next to Riely,and the wild look in his eyes. "Faith is her birth mother. You don't know her Riely." Buffy reminds him.

"Wait a minute Buffy...You and Faith? Together?" He looks disguted beyond himself,he even sounds likes he's about to puke. "You and Faith...Faith."

She doesn't like the way he's saying her name at all. "Is there a problem with that?"

Riely bites his lip,drawing blood. "That-that bitch ruined us,and now you're here sharing a warm bed with her and watching over her mistake by the lake just like that...so what happened? Finally got knocked up after screwing around with every guy in Sunny
Dale?" He sees Buffy's fist coming at him,but he doens't hyave time to do anything else,her bare knuckles catch his nose making him stagger back in shock,the blood gushing between his beefy fingers. "What are you-"

"Don't you ever,ever insult my girl or my daughter like that again. Next time I'll put you out of comission faster than you can
blink." Buffy towers over him,fist still clentched and ready to continue,but one of the students grabs her from behind and pulls her back.

"Ms.Summers please don't do it."

Buffy recognizes the voice as Keith,Kristin's last boyfriend and still very good friend. She shrugs him off with a tiny smile.
"I'm getting Kristin out of this class...you'd do well to stay away from her from now on."

"Yeah?" Riely snorts,standing on wobbly legs,something ferocious about the way he looks with blood dripping from his nose and into his mouth,the way he runs his tongue over it and the way he seems to enjoy it. "Or what? Physco girlfriend's ganna come and
whoop me?"

"Actually," Buffy looks over her shoulder,"let me put it this way. Faith is like a doberman,if you come close to her pup,our pup
she's ganna rip you to pieces,and I'm going to be right next to burying your bones in the dirt." Her heels click loudly in the
otherwise silent gym as she heads to the door and steps out. "I mean it Riely." she warns one more time for good measure.

What is his problem? So Faith tricked him once,she can understand him being upset about it,but it was nearly seven years ago. And besides,it's not like it was entirely her fault,he should have known better if he had ever loved her the way he said he did.

Riely continued staring at the door,what the hell had just happened? Did Buffy really just kick his ass because he called the trash that had tried to kill her a bitch? Was she really protecting her and her bastard of a child?

"Coach,you alright?" Keith offered his hand to help him stand.

'We'll see who you love in the end.' Riely sneered,taking the stundent's hand. "Perfect Mr.Rogers. Thank you for the assist."

"No problem coach. I'm actually pretty surprised that you're still conscious. If Ms.Summers punches even half as hard as her daughter then you probably have a concussion right now." Keith admited.

"Really?"

"Oh yeah. And Ms.Lehane,woowee! Ken Shamrock has nothing on her."

"I'm fine." Riely wavws him off,"or I will be later on." he says to himself more than to Kieth.




Drakeus licks his lips,his eyes gleaming with excitement and hunger. "I'm honored that you remember me from such a long time ago slayer. Is that your brat?"he points at Kristin, "she's just like her isn't she? Like the immortal? Alex said she would be."

"Alex?!" Faith feels like someone just ripped her insides out and dragged them up and down a gravel road soaked in alcohol.
Alex...why? A tiny whimper from Jessie brings her reeling back into reality. "Don't fucking look at her that way,"she reaches under the marble counter for a stke she keeps hidden there in case of emergencies. "I'll stake your damn eyes."

"Now now slayer,manners. No need to get all agressive and hot under the collar,it'll just get you killed faster."

Faith blinks and he's gone,reappearing suddenly behind her,slinging one arm around her chest and twisting the other behind her
back. She grunts,trying to shoulder his face,but he tightens the arm over her,cutting off her breathing painfully.

"Sh-sh shit." she gasps,squirming in his grip. Bad idea. "Ugh!" His grip is like an anaconda's,the more you struggle,the faster
you kill yourself,her ribs are grazing against her lungs,and it's not the most cozy experience she's had.

"Slayer you're all talk,you've gotten soft around the edges."His arms contract around her,her eyes bulging,face frozen in a postition of fear. "I think I'll be the one doing the puncturing tonight. What do you think little girl?" he asks Kristin, "Poke
a hole in her lungs or rip out her spleen and suck her intrails dry?"

"Fuck you...leave her...alone." Faith rasps.

Drakeus pulls her arm further up,her fingers almost touching the back of her head. "Slayer I do believe that you are in no position to be talking right now." he turns his attention back to Kristin. "Lets play a game shall we?"

Kristin stands,ignoring Jessie's pleads she stops at arms length from Faith,grimacing at the look on her face. "What kind of game Drake?"

"It's Drakeus,but Drake is fine."

"I wasn't asking for your permission Drake." She stares at him defiantly,her senses picking up on Buffy and Spike about two blocks from the house. There's someone else with them in the room however,but where? It doesn't matter now,she has to buy more
time for her mother.

"Hah!" Drakeus' voice is full amusemant. "No doubt now that this is your daughter. Here's how it works."

"I'm listening."

"Good. You choose,your mother and lover...or you."

"No!" Faith chokes,a feral growl from deep in her throat,"don't you fucking listen to him. I'll fucking kill ypu myself if you do damn it!"

"Silence!" There's a grosteque snap as Drakeus crushes her with his arms.

"Da-jesus," Faith slightly falls limp,her face drippping with pespiration.

"Mom!"

"Fucking.Stay.Back.Kristin." Pain always drives her like nothing else can. She keels foward,surprising Drakeus and sending him flipping over her head and onto the table that breaks in half as he lands on it."Lets go!" she grabs shoves Kristin and Jessie
towards the door in the living room. What the hell is wrong?! Why is Drake not going up in flames? How did he get into the house
but most importantly,why did he say Alex? How does he even know about her?

"Nice one slayer," Drakeus smashes through the wall,wiping splinters from his face,"my turn."

Faith pushes Jessie and Kristin out of the way,"move!" the land just in time to miss a flyinh spin kick that lands home on the side of Faith's neck. Kristin sobs,watching her head snap to the side with the force of the kick. She stumbles backwards,tripping over her own feet with a stunned expression. Drakeus stalks to her,catching her throat in his hand and lifting her to eyelevel several feet above the floor.

"You know slayer,I would have thought you would have gotten stronger in five years. I thought the death of your treasured bitch would inspire you,but I guess not. If it's any consolation to you,the brat's death will be quick and painless,I think."

"Your on the other hand will be very painful and slow." comes the monotone voice that makes his blood boil. He spins around, hoisting Faith at her but to no avail,she catches her with ease and sets her aside next to the other two. "Watch her Kristin."
she orders in an intense whisper.

"You! What are you doing here!?!" he throws Faith's stake at her,grinning when it stabs her injured hand and reopens the wound,her blood's scent lingering in the air like a fine perfume that intoxicates his senses and drives him wild. He charges at her to fast to see,his shoulder jams into the hallow underneath her chest,taking her through the brick of the fireplace.

"You dropped your splinter!" with an almost invisible flick of her wrist,she shoots the stake back at him,impaling him inches above his groin. "I came to see you get your ass kicked!" she kicks him of off her,quickly yanking out a piece of brick that has impaled itself in the side of her back.

"Fuck!" he screams,pulling the stake out and dropping it by his feet,"I'll kill them just to see you-"

"Try it right now and I'll stkae your gentials to the damn wall."

Drake smirks,his eyes going from their honey brown to midnight black,his hunger,his thirst about to overcome him,the scent of her blood taking him to a high he has feared. "You've gone so low,protecting The One and Slayer,dying to save what is no longer
yo-"

A flash of anger crosses over her,he can smell it,she can feel it. "Silence."

Drakeus backs away but continues pushing her to the limits. "It's true. Look at them,you've become a monster,they don't want that. You're nothing now,you've fallen from grace."

"Leave."

Drakeus grunts,leaping into the air and out through the holein the wall. "I shall see you tonight."

"Bastard,"she growls unfer her breath. She watches him disappear. Wrapping her arm around her side,she crawls to Kristin and Jessie,her tough girl act dropping for once in five very long years. She kneels next to Faith,unable to restrain herself,and cupping her flushed cheek with her injured hand.

"I-I...help me." Kristin begs,Faith's head in her lap. "he broke...broke something."

"Shhh,calm down,it's not serious." she tries to sound convincing,but the truth is,she's totally freaking,because Faith is hurt.

The door burst open,Buffy storms inside,a very sharp stake in her hands and a transformed Spike underneath a blanket behind her.
She spots her kneeling next to Faith,touching her. "Get the hell away from her!" she barks,attacking her with a series of well
placed punches. The girl jumps back after Buffy grazes her back with the stake,cradling her hand to her chest,and runs into the
wall,now completely cornered by Spike and Buffy. She keeps her head down,eyes and face covered. Buffy backs down,instead sitting
Faith up against Jessie. "What did you do to her? Spike get her!"

"No Spike don't hurt her!" Kristin jumps in front of her,armns outstretched and ready to take the blow.

"Bloody hell!" Spike steers his fist to the left,the momentum making him spin and fall over. "luv that's one of the best ways to get yourself killed around here."

Buffy points the stake at them. "Move Kristin." she demands.moving in closer and yanking Kristin's arms to the side,her other
hand already driving the stake.

"Buffy stop!" Faith shouts. Buffy stops midhit,Kristin once again in the way.

"Kristin get away from here." the girl pleads.

"No," Kristin faces her,slightly disturbed by how afraid she and tense she seems all of a sudden."What's wrong?" she questions,
taking the hurt hand in her own.

"Kristin get away from her,she might hurt you." Faith swipes at her leg,tugging at her pantlegs to help her stand up. "But Faith
she-"

"What's the matter with you? You just went up against a super vamp and now you're scared of us all of a sudden?!" Kristin pulls her leg up so that her knee is against the wall,blocking off all exits from her. A small blur out of the corner of her eye
gets her attention. The girl freezes up,pushing so far up the wall that it's creaking. "You're hurt." she says tentivly.

"You need to move."

"Why?" Kristin feels bad for her,she's trembling,her voice is on the border of panic and desperate.

"Kristin!" Buffy shouts in a panic

"Wait." Faith stops her again.

"Why should I?" Buffy snarls,pissed that Faith seems to have complete trust in the stranger who looks like a cornered injured dog.

"She won't hurt her." Faith says matter of factly. "I know her...I know this girl."

"Who is it?"

"Who are you?" Kristin reaches up,very slowly wiping the girl's jetblack hair out of her eyes.

"No!" the girl yelps,falling to her knees. "Don't." They know. They will know. And when they do,she will no longer be able to protect them,because then she'll be the one bringing the trouble in the first place. She wants to run,but she can't,if Kristin
doesn't get hurt in her mad dash to the door,someone is ganna catch her.

"I know who you are." Faith kneels in front of her next to Kristin. "It's been so long..."

"Faith,"the girl sucks in a breath,treating it as it might be her last.

"I missed you...Sammy."

"WHAT?!?" A chorus rings around the room.

"Sammy?..." Kristin,stares wide eyed as Faith brushes away the girl's hair,and those same intense grey eyes look back at her, like in a mirror.

"Yes. This is Sammy...This is your mother." Faith crys,falling all over again for those amazing eyes.

"Oh no..."

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AN: Yay! Sammy's back! So are Robin,Riely,someone else,and soon enough Alex!!! If you don't know who Alex is then I'm glad cause now I have a chance to tell you the story. This is only ganna get more intense and more complicated for the characters so stick around.